Blue Rinse Vintage: Boiler Room Session
During this year’s Freshers’ Week, a series of back-to-back producers from Spirit Studios will be taking to the decks for a boiler room session within Blue Rinse Vintage, Manchester. Pop in store and … Read More
Foundation Coffee: History in Pictures
We have carefully selected photographs and artefacts from the past 40 years. The month-long exhibition will take place within Foundation Coffee, Lever Street. A private viewing of the exhibition will … Read More
Maclure Barbers: Scratching Workshop
The DJ scratching workshop will run from 12 – 6pm on Friday 19 June within Maclure Barbers, NQ. The workshop will be an opportunity for Maclure Barbers customers to trade in their trim for the turntab … Read More
Fred Aldous: Sound Capture workshop
The Sound Capture workshop will run from 12 – 3pm downstairs in Fred Aldous, Stevenson Square, NQ Manchester. The hands-on workshop will be an opportunity for you to turn your creativity to abstract m … Read More
Piccadilly Records: Vinyl display takeover
Spirit Studios became home to bands from the North West, many of which became household names, helping to produce some of the best of British music. Leading up to Record Store Day (10-12 April), Picca … Read More
Musical Futures
Students from all over the UK descended upon our studios to take part in workshops, with a performance by Shunya to kick things off, and a final performance from students in the afternoon before they … Read More
dbnAudile Warehouse Project Trip
Students listened as a Sweep Toning test was performed on the PA, and observed how the engineers tuned the system to sound its very best. They listened to what goes in to providing top quality PA syst … Read More
In conversation with: Seafret
On Sunday the dynamic duo stopped by our studios for one final sound check. We sat down with them to chat about their new album, touring with babies, and introducing a live drummer to their act. Thank … Read More
Our Stories: James Watson
Currently a first year on our Music Business and Creative Industries course, we sat down with James to learn more about Mic Check Media, why he decided to study at Spirit, and what the future holds fo … Read More
We are turning 40!
To kick off our birthday celebrations we will be hosting a creative residency from January 20 – 24 for women and non-binary musicians through Brighter Sound, which offer opportunities and exciting cre … Read More